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Working holiday for a British lass in Kakadu + Litchfield National Park
video added on 25/11/2008
You are living your dream, working and travelling in Australia ... what would be your perfect job? Faye, from Britain found hers - working as a tour guide on day trips to the Northern Territory's Litchfield and Kakadu National Parks. Although she is ba...
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Why go overseas, when you can experience your backyard?
video added on 23/11/2008
Katherine is the adventure capital of the Northern Territory. Located just south of World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, it's where the tropics meet the Outback. Famous for the Katherine Gorge, the region is also the home to some of Australia's lar...
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A little place called Kununurra, Australia
video added on 23/11/2008
This is a little place named "Kununurra" on the west coast in Australia. As backpackers, we spent there few days. One evening, we climbed a big rock and we enjoyed the sunset over the town and the desert. The end of the movie is the nightlife in Kununurra...
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Orange Region Farmers Market
news (Attractions) posted on 18/11/2008
The Orange Farmers Market every month and F.O.O.D. Week, an annual event not to be missed....
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Limestone Coast, South Australia
video added on 15/11/2008
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Kangaroo Island, South Australia
video added on 15/11/2008
Separated from the Australian mainland about 9000 years ago, Kangaroo Island remains one of the most unspoilt natural wonders of the world. You'll find seals basking on quiet beaches; koalas munching on gum trees; echidnas wandering in search of insects; ...
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Train driver's view of the longest railway straight in the world
video added on 12/11/2008
This is view from the driver's position through the windows of a west-bound Indian-Pacific passenger train as it travels the longest stretch of straight track in the world.
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Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
video added on 11/11/2008
Alice Springs is a diverse and vibrant outback town. Situated on the banks of the Todd River (which only occasionally runs with water) 'Alice' is famous for its colourful characters and relaxed atmosphere. Travellers can enjoy the view from Anzac Hill, br...
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The Ghan - Transcontinential Journey
video added on 11/11/2008
Boarding The Ghan in Adelaide or Darwin, experience one of the most fascinating great train journeys of the world. Connections are available on the Indian Pacific and The Overland for guests travelling to or from Sydney and Melbourne. Enjoy 2 nights aboa...
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Urban river goes to sea
story posted on 11/11/2008 - about
I was walking along my street recently when suddenly the skies opened up. Running alongside the street is one of those water channels. Normally it's almost empty except for the usual tiny trickle. The area where I live (Paddington, NSW) is like a giant...
thanks to Shelley Goss from Brighton (Victoria)

Experiencing Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
video added on 07/11/2008
Lazy days under the beach umbrella. Cold beers around a barbecue sizzling with the day's catch. Historic wooden jetties that lead right out to where the fish are biting. And sunsets over boat-filled bays. The toughest thing about a trip to Yorke Penins...
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Some useful answers
story posted on 07/11/2008 - about
A friend of mine sent me the following. The questions below about Australia are from potential visitors. They were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website officials, who obviously have a sense o...
thanks to Matthew Strahorn from Brisbane

Sydney by day, harbour cruise + fish market (Overlander.tv)
video added on 04/11/2008
Sydney I Interviewed Richard Maddrell, who works in the tourism industry. If someone has a day to spare in Sydney, Richard suggested taking a harbour cruise, and visiting the fish market.
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Canberra's Aboriginal Tent Embassy
video added on 04/11/2008
Travel Documentary - Canberra - Capital of Australia (pop. 310 000) Home of our politicians and maybe the most well planned out city in the world. The story goes that when deciding on a National Capital, those in Sydney and Melbourne wouldn't give an i...
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Byron Bay, Environmental Artist (Overlander.TV)
video added on 04/11/2008
Travel Videos - Australia : Byron Bay (pop. 6130) It seems every backpacker must make the pilgrimage to Byron Bay. Once the centre for peace, love and alternative lifestyles, now home of a growing number of baby boomer 'seachangers' from capital cities...
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Delicious Magazine Visits Darwin, Australia
video added on 02/11/2008
A professionally produced commercial about good eating available from the waters around Darwin.
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When you're in Australia, be careful.
video added on 31/10/2008
Australian wildlife can give the impression to unsuspecting visitors that native animals are virtually as friendly as they seem in all the glossy literature. But, as travel writer, Bill Bryson has written, it seems just about everything here wants you dea...
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A quick taste of driving the Oodnadatta Track
video added on 30/10/2008
A first-person perspective of driving the dusty outback Oodnadatta Track. Sometimes just a glimpse is all you need to get a flavour of life through the eyes (and windscreens) of others.
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lastminutedeals.com.au
listing posted on 24/10/2008
Looking for the best hotel deal? We have competitive rates for last minute travellers - and those looking for deals for travel 1 year out!...
thanks to Kate Hayward

BYOB: The wine bottle in a brown paper bag phenomena
story posted on 06/10/2008 - about
As a traveler, not from Australia, I was amazed to see how many BYOB places there were. They are rare or non-existent in other parts of the world. Seeing so many people on Friday/ Saturday nights with wine bottles in brown paper bags walking down street...
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Vegemite
story posted on 06/07/2008 - about
This is an obvious one, but a typically Aussie thing is Vegemite. Every Australian I know loves it, and I don?t know someone who isn?t born and raised Australian who does. I definitely don?t. Often when I?ve met Aussies traveling abroad they have their...
thanks to Atalanta from USA

Why am I here?
story posted on 01/07/2008 - about
The dusty roads, plains Steam trains Oyster farms, narrow bridges Rock ridges- 'Why am I here? I'M AUSTRALIAN.' Aggressive, no manners Beggars Crowded streets, busy thoroughfares No friends- Why am I here? I'M AUSTRALIAN. Work, Work, Work ...
thanks to miss maggie

Abseiling in the Blue Mountains
story posted on 26/06/2008 - about
I came to Australian 2003. While I was staying with friends in Sydney, someone suggested a visit to the Blue Mountains where abseiling can be done. We travelled to the Blue Mountains by train. It was my first experience of 'abseiling'. At first we enter...
thanks to Eric Goron from France

Riding on the 3801
story posted on 23/06/2008 - about
An exceptionally Australian experience is a steamtrain ride behind the famous 3801 steam engine that, for years, has been running excursion trips from Sydney to places all over New South Wales. There is something entirely charming about the era of st...
thanks to Rodney Harrison from Batemans Bay

UFO sightings at Wycliffe Well (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
This video from Overlander.Tv, where you get to meet the locals' and find out why they choose to live where they live.
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Manyallaluk Aboriginal Community (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
100 kms east of Katherine, Manyallaluk is an Aboriginal owned and operated tourism business. Visitors can do tours where they learn various aspects of Aboriginal Culture. The emphasis is on having fun and getting involved in the activities. A true cultura...
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Katherine Gorge, Helicopter Pilot (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Katherine's major tourist attraction is the Katherine Gorge which consists of 13 natural gorges carved through sandstone by the Katherine River.
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Grove Hill Hotel (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
A real outback boozer 16 km's off the main road. Every month the publicans Stan and Mary put on a free bbq. For more information and bookings Phone/ Fax : 61 8 8978 2489
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Aboriginal Culture, Point Stuart , NT (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Between Darwin and Kakadu National Park is the Point Stuart Wilderness Lodge that introduces guests to traditional Aboriginal bush tucker and natural medicines on a walking tour of the surrounding bushland. A boat tour of the Mary River almost guarantees ...
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Outback Barmaid, Renner Springs (Overlander.tv)
video added on 01/06/2008
Out here in the outback, pubs and petrol stops are the hub of the universe. It is not unusual to travel 300 km between fuel stations. Renner Springs is one such stop, slap bang in the middle of nowhere. It is sustained by a natural spring. All fruit, vege...
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